After taking a break for the winter months, Big Daddyz House of Praise is returning with its monthly concerts.

The first of this year’s Christian music concerts is March 8 at the Steele Carriage House, 146 Toledo St. in downtown Adrian. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the venue will be open until midnight, said concert organizer Raul Burciaga. There is no charge to attend, but freewill offerings will be accepted. There will also be a silent auction at each concert. All proceeds benefit the Lenawee County Mission’s homeless shelter and addiction rehabilitation program.

Future concerts will be on the second Friday of each month, also running from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Steele Carriage House.

“We’re basically there for a community effort to bring people together who are not necessarily trying to be in the bar scene,” Burciaga said.

He said the concerts are drug- and alcohol-free and there is no smoking allowed inside the venue. Having the shows be substance-free is in keeping with the mission’s work to help people break their addictions.

Christian music festivals Celebrate Tecumseh and Praisefest, which has been at Camp Sequoia in Raisin Township, are partnering with Big Daddyz to bring in bands, Burciaga said. The monthly concerts will feature a variety of musical genres each evening, all with Christian messages. The venue’s house band is Voice in the Wilderness, which, with RD Sounds, also provides the sound system.

The bands that play at each show will have about 20-minute sets, Burciaga said. The live music will wrap up around 10 p.m., then the last two hours will be filled with open mic, karaoke and dancing.

The events are designed to be family-friendly, Burciaga said. Along with the music there will be video games for kids young and old to play.

Last year, the concerts averaged about 30 to 50 people, Burciaga said.

“We’re hoping that we’ll get another turnout like we did last year,” he said.

If you go

WHAT: Big Daddyz House of Praise Christian concerts

WHEN: 6 p.m. to midnight on the second Friday of each month, beginning March 8